linière
\li.ɲɛʁ\
The verdict
“linière” is uncommon French (frequency #98,194 among 2,567 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,194
- frequency rank, French
- 2,567
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce de terre semée en lin.
Corpus desk
Index FR-liniere · linière · French
linière · rank #98,194 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,194
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,567
- PHOTO-FINISH linguistics
Nearest frequency peer: linguistics (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangs de longue queue près de « linière »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- Lineker
Lineker
1,809 corpus weight
- linguistics
linguistics
1,808 corpus weight
- linière
linière
1,807 corpus weight
- liseur
liseur
1,806 corpus weight
- lissant
lissant
1,805 corpus weight
- logea
logea
1,804 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « linière » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | linière |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \li.ɲɛʁ\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #98,194 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « linière » en français
Rare enough to double-check
linière is uncommon French at frequency #98,194 among 2,567 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \li.ɲɛʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for linière in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is linière, spelled L-I-N-I-È-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pièce de terre semée en lin.
- 2Marchande qui vend de la toile de lin.
- 3Ouvrière en lin.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how linière appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le maintien d’une linière propre par la lutte contre les adventices est un impératif en vue d’obtenir des produits de qualité.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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